Patents by Inventor Hideto ONISHII

Hideto ONISHII has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080295277
    Abstract: A brush cassette is detachably loaded to an endoscope washer disinfector for washing and disinfecting an endoscopic duct of an endoscope. The brush cassette comprises a washing brush, a chamber accommodating the washing brush, and a brush delivery duct that allows the washing brush to pass therethrough toward the duct of the endoscope. Further the brush cassette comprises a fluid supply duct that allows a chemical to pass therethrough toward the chamber; a drive member used for moving back and forth the washing brush between the chamber and the duct via the brush delivery duct; a means that prevents air from accumulating in the chamber; and a remaining-fluid discharge duct that allows the chemical remaining in the chamber to be discharged outside therethrough. The preventing means is a duct discharging the air or a deflection member deflecting is the chemical toward a region in which the air is to accumulate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideto ONISHII